Dahmmm I hate Oats

[zipster_dude]

Is it ok to grind those bastards up and drink em' as opposed to eating the oatmeal?

Will I get the same nutrient value? Digestion?

[jojo2002]

yea your good grind them up and drink them i do with my pwo shake... you have to drink it pretty fast though because than it the oats go to the bottom...

[TR'05]

Same nutritional content, although grinding the oats does increase their glycemic index.

Just mix them up with a little protein powder, cinnamon and some berries...makes for a delicious bowl of oats, bro!

[zipster_dude]

I do everyday, can't stand the damn things...

How does the glycemic values change?

[Ejuicer]

I do everyday, can't stand the damn things...

How does the glycemic values change?

The more you process and break down a food the easier it is for your stomach to process it.

[Renesis]

Thats why we chew

[Slaiv]

i LOVE OATS !!!!!

just grind them up in the blender (1 cup) with a good 2 scoops of whey (chocolate) mmm...... AND SOME ICE !!!! omg !! with some ice cubes they are like a smoothie !!!

use water!! not milk -_-

but yea!! its like an ice smoothie, soooo good and sooooooo healthy !!! man i love em !!!

[zipster_dude]

Well, I guess I will learn to love em'.

[Johny-too-small]

glycemic values in this case is nothing to even worry about at all.

[epno]

If you like bananas, try this. Cook the oatmeal (3/4 cups before cooking), when almost done add 1/2 tsp of turbinado (unrefined sugar), when finished cooking add one fine diced banana, let it cool and then eat! It tastes great and adds a healthy source of potassium.

[zipster_dude]

I will give it a go....

Although today, I grounded them up, held my nose, and bottoms up...

Seemed to work.. damn those last couple of swigs with all of the oats at the bottom nearly made me blow....

[Ejuicer]

glycemic values in this case is nothing to even worry about at all.

How so?

[AandF6969]

Do you guys have any idea how much grinding them up raises their glycemic index? If its a couple points then I'm not worried, but if its 20 or 30 I wouldn't do it. I've thought about this topic as well.

[zipster_dude]

Do you guys have any idea how much grinding them up raises their glycemic index? If its a couple points then I'm not worried, but if its 20 or 30 I wouldn't do it. I've thought about this topic as well.

Ok, I'm confused. (I'm just learning the diet portion of the training) By grinding the oats, if the glycemic index changes, that is bad. The finer the grain, the faster the body digests the stuff. We want to have it in the system as long as possible right? Thus the complex carbs...?

[Johny-too-small]

How so?

In general, Oatmeal won't give your body an insulin spike which would help lead to fat storage, even if its grinded. Grinding up oatmeal may raise its GI but its glycemic load (GL) will stay the same.

The GL is a way to assess the impact of carbohydrate consumption that takes the glycemic index into account, but gives a fuller picture than does glycemic index alone. A GI value tells you only how rapidly a particular carbohydrate turns into sugar. It doesn't tell you how much of that carbohydrate is in a serving of a particular food. You need to know both things to understand a food's effect on blood sugar. That is where glycemic load comes in. The carbohydrate in watermelon, for example, has a high GI. But there isn't a lot of it, so watermelon's glycemic load is relatively low. A GL of 20 or more is high, a GL of 11 to 19 inclusive is medium, and a GL of 10 or less is low.

[Slaiv]

In general, Oatmeal won't give your body an insulin spike which would help lead to fat storage, even if its grinded. Grinding up oatmeal may raise its GI but its glycemic load (GL) will stay the same.

The GL is a way to assess the impact of carbohydrate consumption that takes the glycemic index into account, but gives a fuller picture than does glycemic index alone. A GI value tells you only how rapidly a particular carbohydrate turns into sugar. It doesn't tell you how much of that carbohydrate is in a serving of a particular food. You need to know both things to understand a food's effect on blood sugar. That is where glycemic load comes in. The carbohydrate in watermelon, for example, has a high GI. But there isn't a lot of it, so watermelon's glycemic load is relatively low. A GL of 20 or more is high, a GL of 11 to 19 inclusive is medium, and a GL of 10 or less is low.

daaaayuuum !!! this info right here is worth GOLD !!!!

[weeman001]

1 cup of oats+ 1scoop of muscle milk "cinnamine bun" (sp?) = fantastic

[Johny-too-small]

1 cup of oats+ 1scoop of muscle milk "cinnamine bun" (sp?) = fantastic

Might taste fantastic but its crap for the body Muscle milk is loads of crap.

[AandF6969]

Isn't the glycemic load saying a small amount of pure sugar is the same as a larger amount of complex carbohydrate (like oatmeal)

[Consistency]

Do you guys have any idea how much grinding them up raises their glycemic index? If its a couple points then I'm not worried, but if its 20 or 30 I wouldn't do it. I've thought about this topic as well.

well whenever we chew them our teeth grind them up just like a blender (probably not as much) from what i can figure i dont think it will change the gi that much if any

[Consistency]

also i like to add some splenda and whey to oatmeal to make em taste better

[Johny-too-small]

well whenever we chew them our teeth grind them up just like a blender (probably not as much) from what i can figure i dont think it will change the gi that much if any

Agreed.

In addition, PPL freak out too much about GI ratings. Stick to clean whole foods and stay away from processed and refined sugars and you can eat whatever. Brown rice vs white rice = whatever I grab first. Doesnt matter if Im cutting or bulking.

[zipster_dude]

Hmm...interesting theory...